The people of Raicoast in Madang Province will be hit in a big way and the situation is NOT looking good. As seen from the Post Courier article of 6th September 2010 titled "Awareness on Marengo Mine," it is NOT ONLY the Ramu Nickel Mine that plans to dump its waste into the Astrolabe Bay but also Marengo. Marengo is a gold mine and its production site is 5 minutes flight from Krumbukare where the Ramu Nickel will do its extraction. There is going to be a total disaster for the Raicoast people if both mines go into full scale operation and start to dispose waste into the sea.
On top of that, there is going to be the operation of seabed mining by Nautilus Ltd off-shore from Madang. The leaders of Madang must be crazy to allow these to happen. It seems they are either blinded by money or controlled by outsiders.
We know that the government is pushing all these projects without even thinking about the negative consequences but where are the churches? They suppose to keep the government accountable and ensure that justice prevails? What kind of justice are they preaching?
The people of Madang including the Tourism and the Tuna Industries will be badly affected if things go as planned.
The people of Raicoast in Madang Province have to really weigh things out carefully. The moment they choose to allow their sea to be used as a dump site, there goes their lives and the lives of those yet to be born.
Haven't they learned from Bougainville, Ok Tedi and Porgera?
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